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Title:
IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014059356
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an image forming device configured to reliably determine whether a toner bottle is new one or not and further to reduce the amount of toner remaining in the toner bottle as much as possible when toner empty is determined.

A image forming device supplies toner from a toner bottle 7 housing toner to a buffer part 16, and develops an electrostatic image with the toner supplied from the buffer part to form an image. The image forming device includes: toner detection means 18 for detecting whether there is toner in the buffer part; and toner supply means having a plurality of supply modes different in toner supply efficiency. The toner supply means supplies toner from the toner bottle to the buffer part in a first supply mode when the toner detection means detects toner empty during image forming operation, and supplies the toner in a second supply mode having larger rotation amount per unit time than the first supply mode when a determination is made as to whether a new toner bottle has been set.


Inventors:
TAMURA KENTARO
Application Number:
JP2012202947A
Publication Date:
April 03, 2014
Filing Date:
September 14, 2012
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Assignee:
CANON KK
International Classes:
G03G15/08; G03G21/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nakagawa International Patent Office